Word: pilings
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...them who had a shred of compassion told me to go ahead and mail the check and the reply card in. She said they would be put into a pile in case more tickets were issued. Pathetic, but good enough for me. I went straight to the nearest mailbox...
...palace in the Middle East, Charles fell slightly behind the tour group. As he exited a door, a servant entered. Upon catching sight of Charles, the servant assumed the Prince was the butler he was assigned to meet and handed the heir to the British throne a pile of clothes to press...
Lauren is a master of minutiae. In advertisements and store displays, he surrounds his understated wares with loads of charming and inventive doodads, many of them for sale. Rather than merely display a blazer or a skirt, he likes to present a whole pile of goodies. The side tables in Lauren displays are nearly always covered with rows of framed pictures that suggest comfortable surroundings of family and tradition. Lauren's home-furnishing arrangements fairly gush with conspicuous consumption: eight pillows on a bed, all with ruffles and contrasting fabrics. Lauren hopes that customers will buy the whole package...
...London Times's famed war correspondent William Howard Russell marveled at the hostelry. "The great pile of Willard's Hotel probably maintains more scheming, plotting, planning heads, more aching and joyful hearts, than any building of the same size ever held in the world...
...Stockbroker Trevor Spruston: "The atmosphere challenges everyone's drive." It also encourages second starts, says Alan Rypinski. He made one fortune producing a protective coating for vinyl and rubber called Armor All, stumbled financially with an auto boutique and a fast-food spaghetti business, and is now trying to pile up another bundle selling a product that removes wrinkles from fabric. Says Rypinski: "It's pretty easy to recover. There's so much going...